Catalonia’s top court has found former Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022, sentencing him to four and a half years in prison. The court also ordered that Alves pay €150,000 to the victim. “The sentence considers that it has been …

The Football Association of Ireland will appear before the Public Accounts Committee in Leinster House this morning and members of the committee are set to examine oversight and governance of Sport Ireland and Exchequer funding provided to the FAI. Representatives of the FAI, including Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Hill, will …

The organisation representing 33,000 chartered accountants in Ireland has said individual businesses are not clear about what they can do in terms of investing in equipment, staff training, and the new sources of energy required for them to play their part in transitioning to a carbon neutral society. Chartered Accountants …

The Kremlin has said a remark by US President Joe Biden calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” was shameful, and was a poor attempt to appear like a “Hollywood cowboy”. The US president made the comment during a fundraiser in San Francisco yesterday, and also said there was …

Elton John’s piano, jumpsuit and platform boots and his painting by British artist Damien Hirst were sold for over $8 million as part of a series of auctions in New York. Christie’s auction house In New York is running a series of eight sales, both in person and online, until …

A retired Catholic bishop has appeared in court in remote Western Australia on charges of sexual offences against children, including two counts of rape. Christopher Saunders was brought before Broome Magistrates Court, according a court spokesperson, who declined to say whether he had entered a plea. Western Australia Police said …

More than two thousand people have been ordered to evacuate from towns in the west of Australia’s Victoria state due to a bushfire burning out of control. The state emergency service urged residents in the towns of Raglan and Beaufort, home to around two thousand people, and those in surrounding …

A dog trapped in the storm waters of western Bolivia’s Orkojahuira River was rescued by a construction worker hung from a crane yesterday. The dog was rescued by construction workers who were creating berms to prevent the water from undermining the inhabited river banks. The Orkojahuira River is one of …

A spaceship built by a company in Texas is poised for lunar touchdown, returning the United States to the Moon after more than five decades in what promises to be a historic first for the private sector. Here’s a look back at notable attempts – both successful and unsuccessful – …

The vast majority of Irish tech start-up and scaling companies are deploying or preparing to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) according to a new survey. The research from Scale Ireland also shows that finance is still the biggest challenge facing indigenous founders. The 2024 State of Start-ups Survey reveals that 82% …